AAPAdvance Auto Parts
+1.0% today · −3.6% over a year
1/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 7% of the instruments we score
Quality: among the weakest; priced higher than most peers (P/E 63.1). Dividend yield 2.18%.
Advance Auto Parts (AAP) belongs to the Consumer discretionary sector and is listed on NYSE; country: United States. Its market value is about €2.5B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by −3.6%, with an annualised volatility of 59% and a largest fall of 38%. Hard red flags in our rules-based screen: Financial distress.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Consumer discretionary companies in USA (n = 247)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · better than 8% of peers
- Volatility (1 y)weighs on the score · better than 19% of peers
- Free cash flow / EVweighs on the score · better than 1% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Serious warning. Altman Z in the distress zone and negative free cash flow. More in the glossary → Altman Z in the distress zone and negative free cash flow.
- Caution. Negative free cash flow in at least two of the last three years. More in the glossary → Negative free cash flow in at least two of the last three years.
- Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary → Dividend Safety below 40 points.
- Caution. Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %. More in the glossary → Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %.
- Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary → Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
- Sources disagree Dividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.
Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.
Our sources disagree or are incomplete for this instrument.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 63.1
- P/B
- 1.3
- P/S
- 0.3
- Free-cash-flow yield
- −10.7%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €2.5B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 2.0%
- Return on invested capital
- −1.9%
- Gross margin
- 43.4%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 1.26
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2.18%
- Payout ratio
- 137%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- −16.7%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 0
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +1.0%
- 1 month
- +8.6%
- 1 year
- −3.6%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 58.6%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −38.3%
- Beta
- 0.85
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
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Same sector and region, closest in market value.
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News and filings
- ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 10 Oct 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
- ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
- ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 18 Jul 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 20 Aug 2026
- ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 20 Aug 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 1 entry
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First rating | 1/10 | 1 · 1 | Available with Invest Pro |
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